Monday, July 9, 2012

Small, independent fabric companies are making a big splash lately. Creating fresh new designs with an artistic, handmade bent, these little companies have a lot to say. Using unique color combinations with a natural, unstylized take on florals and linear patterns, this crop of textile designers create micro trends that are bubbling up causing stylish interior designers to take notice.

ZAK + FOX:
The travels of a boy and his dog. That's what inspired New York-based Zak Profera and his ZAK + FOX collection, which can be found at Studio Four in New York City and Harbinger on the West Coast. As if on a modern day Grand Tour, Profera imagined being on a pilgrimage to reveal ancient textile treasures with his fox-like Shibu Inu.

Photos courtesy of Zak and Fox
Palma

Plus

Matsu

Katagimi

LAURA LINHARDT:

RISD- educated textile designer Laura Linhardt uses a painterly hand creating textiles that look as though they were done with watercolors and sometimes, a dull crayon for a wonderful effect.

Photos courtesy of Laura Lienhard

Ikat in ocean

Intaglio in blue wash on Belgian linen

Laura Leinhard's Trellis in blue

Forsythia in rust

FERRICK MASON:

Artist Alex Mason and Brian Ferrick fuse the best of both worlds, with Mason's artistic talents and Ferrick's production savvy, they make a perfect design duo with Ferrick Mason. The LA-based friends have struck a fresh design chord with prints that are full of life, interesting colors and unexpected patterns. Seek them out at Studio Four and Thomas Lavin.

Photos courtesy of Ferrick Mason

Lexington

Galapagos

Ina

Bizzy Bloom

Calliandra, an industry favorite

Tropicana

Warfield

CAROLINA IRVING TEXTILES:

After honing her design eye as a long time interiors editor, Carolina Irving knew exactly what she wanted to create with her textile collection. Layering ethnic textiles from far off lands at home, she channeled the way she lived into a cool collection of loose geometrics and subtly colored wash prints. Get transported by her prints at Rosselli in NYC and Peter Dunham's Hollywood at Home in LA

Photos courtesy of Carolina Irving

Aegean

Amazon

Patmos

Pomegranate

Patmos

LISA FINE TEXTILES:

Lisa Fine and Carolina Irving joined forces to create a caftan-centric clothing collection Irving and Fine a few years back and both have a passion for textiles. Fine, based in Paris and New York, loves the thill of the global hunt Her travels to India are the basis for this fabric line, and the colors and patterns of the country provide an endless stream of creative output. Lisa Fine Textiles can be seen at John Rosselli, Travis and Company in Atlanta and Hollywood at Home in LA.

Photos courtesy of Lisa Fine Textiles

Aswan

Baroda II

Raumbaugh

Luxor

LINDSEY ALKER:

Having worked for the likes of Tom Ford and other fashion luminaries as well as Liberty of London, British textile designer Lindsey Alker has earned her stripes over the past 20 years. You can find her fabrics at Harbinger in LA:

Photos courtesy of Lindsey Alker

A stack of her wood block printed textiles that feels like a distant descendant of the Bloomsbury Group.

Bohemia

Cliff End

Fairlight

Tibbs

Nook Beach

PARLOR TEXTILES:

Angela Clinton creates Parlor Textiles, her eco-conscious fabrics in North Carolina. Harnessing the beauty of nature, her designs are soft and easy.

Pinwheel

Ailey

Calantha Stamp

Dixie

Indian Deco Floral

Medallion

Simple Ikat

DIGS BY KATIE:

Interior designer Katie Leede takes her inspiration from her wanderlust. Having traveled to far-reaching corners of the globe, she collected antique textiles from the island for a tribal - meets - Japanese flavor for her latest additions to Digs By Katie.

Photos courtesy of Digs by Katie/Katie Leede

Kimono Positive

Kyoto Key

Pomegranates and Peonies

Cloud Scroll Positive

GALBRAITH AND PAUL:

Galbraith and Paul got their start making hand-printed paper wrapped pendant lighting, and have garnered quite a following for their fabulous hand-blocked prints. Liz Galbraith and Ephraim Paul expanded the pattern assortment with rugs, which are also wonderful. Hand-printed in Philadelphia, their sophisticated color palettes and compelling combinations are ever inventive and always very now. You can locate them at Holland and Sherry and Thomas Lavin in LA.

Photos courtesy of Galbraith and Paul

The blue color story for Pomegranate, Ribbon, Monarch, and Lotus prints

Lotus in all colorways

Pomegranate (a fabric I adore and am coveting for my own home)

Primitive flower in gradient oranges and pinks

Links

Birds

LIVING VINTAGE:

The Living Vintage Collection, created by Alt For Living's Analisse Taft, uses vintage screens from the 1940's-1970's colored for today. Her signature line is available through her Alt For Living Soho showroom.

Photos courtesy of Alt For Living

Ava

Jimmy G.

Kutner

MICHAEL DEVINE:

Design journalist turned textile designer, Michael Devine has created a fresh line of monochromatic prints that are traditional pretty injected with an airy lightness. Hand-printed in Brooklyn, his designs also grace trays and accessories. They can be found at Studio Four in New York, Ainsworth- Noah in Atlanta and Kathryn M. Ireland in LA.

Venice in fresh new sorbet colors

A new leaf print

TANYA VARTAN:
Bringing her painterly sensibility to everything she does, artist Tanya Vartan began her career in fashion. She recently brought back those prints for home, launching with John Rosselli. Her free spirited, whimsical depictions of a field of flowers, birds in flight and even stippled linear dots will bring a smile to your face.

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